The Good Doctor / Susan Onthank Mates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mates, Susan Onthank, 1950- author.

Series:

Iowa short fiction award.

Iowa Short Fiction Award Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life--Fiction.

Conduct of life.

Good and evil--Fiction.

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [1994]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many of Mates' characters have experienced some sort of cultural dislocation. In ""Theng,"" refugees from Cambodia living in Providence, Rhode Island, struggle to maintain their dignity in the face of despair and the bittersweet memories of their former home. In ""Shambalileh,"" a Persian woman, unable to have children with her American husband, is forced to reexamine her status both as wife and foreigner. Unifying these incredibly diverse stories is the brave honesty with which the characters confront the tenuousness of their situations. For the most part, they share the tenacity of

Contents:

Contents; Theng; Laundry; East Providence; The Good Doctor; Brickyard Pond; My German Problem; Ambulance; Sleep; These Days; Shambalileh; Sightings; Juilliard

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781587291432

1587291436

OCLC:

45729471